Economy

BMI View: Nicaragua's balance of payments outlook remains fragile. Given that the economy is reliant on cheap oil from Venezuela and a large volume of grants and multilateral loans... 2011-03-22

BMI View: El Salvador's balance of payments picture continues to worsen, with the structural current account deficit now being matched by a financial and capital account shortfall.... 2011-03-16

BMI View: While the St Kitts and Nevis government's efforts to promote growth are encouraging, we caution that the islands' ongoing fiscal woes are set to cast a long shadow over... 2011-03-14

BMI View: While the St Kitts and Nevis government's efforts to promote growth are encouraging, we caution that the islands' ongoing fiscal woes are set to cast a long shadow over... 2011-03-14

BMI View: Panama's real GDP expanded by 7.4% in 2010, according to recently released data from the country's statistics agency. This was some way above our own 6.4% estimate, but... 2011-03-09

BMI View: Panama's real GDP expanded by 7.4% in 2010, according to recently released data from the country's statistics agency. This was some way above our own 6.4% estimate, but... 2011-03-09

BMI View: M1 money supply in Guatemala expanded by 9.5% in 2010, slightly more than the 8.0% we had been expecting, but still not enough to stimulate domestic lending, with local currency... 2011-03-09

BMI View: M1 money supply in Guatemala expanded by 9.5% in 2010, slightly more than the 8.0% we had been expecting, but still not enough to stimulate domestic lending, with local currency... 2011-03-09

BMI View: January trade data reinforce our view that import growth will outstrip the rise in exports by some margin in 2011 as the domestic economy continues to recover. Inbound shipments... 2011-03-08

BMI View: Nicaragua's good trade deficit came in at US$2.33bn in 2010, finishing the year not far from our own forecast for a US$2.06bn shortfall. We expect the goods trade deficit... 2011-03-08